1941 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1941 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 84 to 58.[1] The team played its home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[2]

1941 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
1941 record	4–4
Head coach	Clipper Smith (6th season)
Captain	Edward Korisky
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium

1941 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	2	–	0
Drexel Tech			–					4	–	2	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Colgate			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					3	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Center Ed Korisky was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Centre		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 38–3	22,000	[4]
October 11	Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 6–0	> 20,000	[5]
October 17	at Baylor		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 14–6	31,360	[6]
October 24	at Manhattan	No. 19	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–9	10,000	[7]
November 1	at No. 16 Duquesne		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–7	20,698	[8]
November 8	at Temple		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–14	30,000	[9]
November 16	at Detroit		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	23,480	[10]
November 22	at Auburn		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 0–13	12,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1941 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
2. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Perry Lewis (October 5, 1941). "Centre Sunk By Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Perry Lewis (October 12, 1941). "Florida Sunk By Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Perry Lewis (October 18, 1941). "Villanova Reverses Baylor, 14-6: Joe Pezelski Paces Wildcats As 31,360 See Texas Team Fall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 19, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Joe Trimble (October 25, 1941). "Jaspers Lead Wildcats, 9-0, at Polo Grounds". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Eddie Beachler (November 2, 1941). "Dukes Beat Villanova, 7 To 0: Ball Scores After March Of 80 Yards". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. III-9, III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Stan Baumgartner (November 9, 1941). "Temple Comes From Behind To Shade Villanova, 14-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. John N. Sabo (November 17, 1941). "Titans' Air Attack Bottled and Villanova Wins, 7 to 6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 14, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Perry Lewis (November 23, 1941). "Auburn Beats Villanova Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.